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JUNE COVER STORY: Protect Your Interests

With the proper legal advice, you can use these documents to establish you and your customers’ rights, obligations and interests at the outset of your business relationship.

MAACO Looks to Expand in Pittsburgh

MAACO is seeking new locations, and Pittsburgh is on the top of its list for expansion, the company announced. Headquartered in King of Prussia, Pa., MAACO is a North American network of approximately 500 franchised collision repair and auto painting centers. With declining new car sales and declining car production estimates, coupled with an increase

Don’t Wait for Waterborne

I recently asked a shop owner if he had switched over to waterborne or low-VOC basecoats yet, and his response took me by surprise. “Tailpipe’s this big,” he said, making a circle with his thumb and index finger. “A spray gun nozzle is this big,” he then said, making a much smaller circle. “EPA’s always

Let’s Be Real, Folks

I would sure love to see an empty stadium at the Cleveland Browns’ home opener next season as a protest against outrageous NFL ticket prices. Maybe then my son and I could afford to go to a game. But are fans ever going to band together and make such a collective statement? No. Cleveland will

Lincoln Electric Opens New Automation Center

Cleveland, Ohio-based Lincoln Electric, a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic, arc welding systems, fume extraction equipment, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment, held an open house on Oct. 23 to showcase its new 100,000-square-foot Automation Center.

A Legal Primer

Knowledge of your legal rights and your customers’ legal rights is critical to your long-term success.

True2Form Is Newest Corporate Member of SCRS

The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) announced that Cleveland, Ohio-based True2Form Collision Repair Centers has joined the association as a corporate member. Founded in 1998, True2Form operates 38 facilities in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Ohio. "SCRS knows how to provide a reliable focus for industry issues, which is especially important to us since

Opening of North Carolina Shop to Showcase Lean, DCR Systems

Mentor, Ohio-based DCR Systems and Mike Johnson’s Hickory Toyota joined forces last year to build a state-of-the-art, 12,000-square-foot accident repair center near the dealer’s Hickory property. Featuring DCR’s  patent-pending lean-based production process, Mike Johnson’s Collision Center opened to the public March 28. The grand opening of the center on June 11 will feature a ribbon-cutting

Practice Makes Perfect in PDR

A steady flow of paintless dent repair work is crucial to keeping a PDR specialist’s skills sharp, and can serve as justification for a select few shops having a specialist in-house. For most shops, however, outsourcing is the way to go.

Mobile Paint Repairs vs. Body Shop Paint Repairs

Body shops look at mobile painters as the enemy, stealing precious work away from them. But realizing the benefits these painters offer could change their perspectives.